The American and European teams really do have all to play for to settle a struggle that has morphed from a US rout into a closely fought battle that could go either way.
Team Europe’s captain Suzann Pettersen was watching her team play the Saturday afternoon fourball at Finca Cortesin and almost got hit by a ball. She and a spectator were perched on a rock when the ball came their way, but they were able to swiftly get out of the way. That was some athletic work Read more…
Chances are Samuel Ryder, the man who helped inspire the competition that bears his name, would struggle to recognize the modern match played between the United States and Europe. Even if you accept the premise that the English seed merchant was a man of vision, to think that he knew that one day this test Read more…
Whenever I’m on site at a PGA Tour event, I become the embarrassing guy who mimics players’ takeaways after watching them swing. I wish I could help it, but I can’t. The professional in me gives way to the guy who just wants to hit the clubface square. The problem, though, is the oceanic gap Read more…
If you judge solely on the ubiquity of suburban mini-golf courses in America, it’s not complicated to slap some synthetic turf on a concrete pad and get a durable surface that handles foot traffic and offers a predictable roll. But comparing that $12-and-a-clown’s-mouth experience to the synthetic golf landscapes Weston Weber builds for clients is Read more…
Suzann Pettersen’s husband, Christian Ringvold, didn’t have ‘volunteer greenskeeper’ on his list of tasks for Solheim Cup week, but he stepped up when a sprinkler went off during Saturday morning foursomes on the 16th hole at Finca Cortesin. The greenside sprinkler was spewing water, so Ringvold ran up to it and stomped it with his Read more…
Emily Kristine Pedersen’s Friday got off to a tough start at the 2023 Solheim Cup, but she was celebrating a lot more in the afternoon. After losing her foursomes match with Charley Hull 5&4 to Ally Ewing and Cheyenne Knight, Pedersen made an ace in her afternoon fourball match. A perfect shot, and a good Read more…
The 44th Ryder Cup kicks off on Sept. 28 at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, where 12-man squads of the best male players from the United States and Europe will compete against each other in the game’s most exciting format—team match play. Instead of money at stake for the world’s top Read more…
Two days after Gary Woodland underwent surgery to remove a lesion on his brain, his alma mater, the University of Kansas, announced that it was naming its golf practice complex used by the Jayhawk men’s and women’s teams after him. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved naming the facilities the Gary Woodland Golf Read more…
Being a professional golfer (especially a major winner) means that you most likely have the confidence and conviction that would crush a lesser individual. You have to if you’re going to compete week in and week out with some of the best athletes in the world. Wyndham Clark is no exception, and as the reigning Read more…
Medicine balls are considerably heavier than a golf club, which means you need to recruit more muscle power than your arms can provide if you want to throw one with any force.
The U.S. has had a rough run of late at the Solheim Cup, having lost the 2019 contest to Europe when Suzann Pettersen made an unbelievably clutch putt on the 18th hole, in the final match, to win it. Then in 2021, though the favorite, Team USA lost 15-13 at Inverness to Europe. As it Read more…
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